German Gorbuntsov was 'blasted with a submachine gun' as he entered a block of flats near Canary Wharf

Forty-five-year-old exile is in a medically-induced coma in hospital

Gorbuntsov is also on Moldova's wanted list over allegations of an illegal bank takeover and embezzlement

He has previously said: 'If I go back to Russia, they will kill me'

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A Russian banker is in a coma today after being shot in a suspected assassination in London.
German Gorbuntsov, an exile in Britain, is in a critical condition in hospital, after being shot several times near his luxury apartment.
The 45-year-old's friends fear a contract bid possibly originating in war-ravaged Chechnya was made to silence him as a witness in a high profile attempted murder case in Moscow.